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Mortality Risks and Life Expectancy Losses from COVID-19 Infections by Age for the United States
Wilson, Linus - 2021
We look at COVID-19 mortality and expected life expectancy risks by age prior to the development of pharmaceutical treatments for the SARS-CoV-2 virus. A COVID-19 infection more than doubled the annual mortality risks for Americans over sixty. Americans aged sixty or older stand to lose 153 to...
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Estimating the Life Expectancy and Value of Statistical Life (VSL) Losses from COVID-19 Infections in the United States
Wilson, Linus - 2020
spread of the SARS-CoV-2 or novel coronavirus have led to over 20 million new applications for unemployment benefits. Are …
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The Subways Seeded the Massive Coronavirus Epidemic in New York City
Harris, Jeffrey E. - 2020
coronavirus infection during the initial takeoff of the massive epidemic that became evident throughout the city during March 2020 …, superimposed upon zip code-level maps of reported coronavirus incidence, are strongly consistent with subway-facilitated disease … "The Coronavirus Epidemic Curve is Already Flattening in New York City.": "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3563985" https …
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WHO’s Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework : A Milestone in Global Governance for Health
Fidler, David P.; Gostin, Lawrence O. - 2011
In May 2008, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework for the Sharing of Influenza Viruses and Access to Vaccines and Other Benefits (PIP Framework). The PIP Framework’s adoption ended years of difficult negotiations, which began after Indonesia...
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Do Old Age and Comorbidity Via Non-Communicable Diseases Matter for COVID-19 Mortality? A Path Analysis
Goswami, Gour Gobinda; Mahapatro, Mausumi; Ali, ARM Mehrab - 2021
This paper uses Our World data for COVID-19 death count, test data, stringency, and transmission count and prepares a path model for COVID-19 deaths. We augment the model with age structure-related variables and comorbidity via non-communicable diseases for 117 countries of the world for...
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Is the cure worse than the disease? : county-level evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Amuedo Dorantes, Catalina; Kaushal, Neeraj; Muchow, … - 2020
Using county-level data on COVID-19 mortality and infections, along with county-level information on the adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the United States, we examine how the speed of NPI adoption affected COVID-19 mortality. Our estimates suggest that advancing the date...
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Home Quarantine Guidelines : COVID 19 Panorama
Rahaman, Md. Saidur - 2020
At present coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an outbreak, calls for an emergency concern for public health … coronavirus proceeds to advance and continuously evolve to all of the countries in the world. Affected countries are trying to … ensuring early detection. With coronavirus (COVID-19) burning news, are beginning to toss around words “quarantine” with an …
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Addressing vaccine hesitancy using local ambassadors : a randomized controlled trial in Indonesia
Islam, Asad; Kusnadi, Gita; Rezki, Jahen Fachrul; Sim, … - 2023
In settings where resistance and rampant misinformation against vaccines exist, the prospect of containing infectious diseases remains a challenge. Can delivery of information regarding the benefits of vaccination through personal home visits by local ambassadors increase vaccine uptake? We...
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COVID-19 vaccine and risk-taking
Smart, Shanike J.; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2024
We assess whether the COVID-19 vaccine induces COVID-19 risky behavior (e.g., going to bars and restaurants) and thus reduces vaccine efficacy. A key empirical challenge is the endogeneity bias when comparing risk-taking by vaccination status since people choose whether to get vaccinated. To...
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The Impact of the Global COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign on All-Cause Mortality
Agrawal, Virat; Sood, Neeraj; Whaley, Christopher M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign is the largest public health campaign in history, with over 2 billion people fully vaccinated within the first 8 months. Nevertheless, the impact of this campaign on all-cause mortality is not well understood. Leveraging the staggered rollout of vaccines,...
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